Well, if you're implementing a computer that needs to represent information now all you need is something like electricity which can be on or off, on or off.

好吧，如果你正用一个电脑,来表现表达传递信息的功能,你就需要,像电开关一样的物体。

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You're able to make the protein but the protein doesn't function properly.

肺上皮细胞可以表达这种蛋白,但其并不具有正常功能

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Only certain genes are being expressed and it's the family of genes that are being expressed in a cell, likewise the family that are not being expressed, that determines what a cell is like, how it functions.

只有某些特定的基因在细胞中表达,那些在细胞中表达的基因,与那些没有表达的基因,共同决定了细胞的形态和功能

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